Art Institute of Chicago
Farm Shed with Grain Mill
China
- Date
- Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 CE)
- Medium
- Brick-red earthenware with green lead glaze
- Culture
- China
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
This humble-looking burial model illustrates two notable inventions in engineering and architecture that were in used widely during the Han dynasty. The rotary mill, worked by a pedal-operated hammer, was used to prepare grain for flour. The shed that encloses it has a deeply overhanging tile roof supported by a wood column with projecting bracket arms. This type of bracketing, which transferred the weight of the roof to the column, became an increasingly important feature of later Chinese buildings.
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- Object type
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